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in all cultures for making utilitarian products. different parts of the plant are used. fibers can be extracted from the bark (banana, jute, hemp, ramie), stem (banana, palm, bamboo), leaf (palm, screw pine, sisal, agave), husk (coir), seeds (cotton), and grass (sikki, madhurkati, benakati, munj). animal
fibers are obtained from a variety of animal coats, and insect fibers from cocoons. even before the arrival of man-made fibers, manufacturers could create hundreds of different kinds of fabrics, differing mainly by fiber content, weight, style of weave, or sheen. here are just a few of these historic...
https://www.textileschool.com/345/history-of-fibres-natural-and-manmade-fibres/
characteristics of the almonds. after the sweet factor, there's the almonds themselves. here's another thing that you might have already noticed: our homemade orgeat isn't opaque or milky white. nope, it's brown. that's thanks to the turbinado sugar (flavor, see, it's a good thing) and because we left the skins
on the almonds. here again, sorry to you pedantic folks out there who'd prefer a whiter version. you can do that, just remove the skins from the almonds — you'll get less flavor, but i guess it'll be more aesthetically pleasing (to you, me, i'm good with brown). that's the fun of making it yourself,...
https://honestcooking.com/make-homemade-orgeat/